September 10, 2023 - "Esther: A Type of Christ"

Scripture Passage:  Esther 7

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Esther and Typology

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Esther Isn’t Perfect

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Not a Role Model
2:10 Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.

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Not a Role Model (Con’t)
4:14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?

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Not a Role Model (Con’t)
Psalm 103:13-14 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.

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Deliverance and Reversal

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Esther/Christ Pleads The Case
7:2 on the second day

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Esther/Christ Pleads The Case (Con’t)
7:3 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I would have kept quiet.

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Haman/Satan On His Deathbed
מִטָּה (mittah) - couch/bed; implied “deathbed”

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Haman/Satan On His Deathbed (Con’t)
7:8 Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining

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Haman/Satan On His Deathbed (Con’t)
1:6 There were couches (deathbeds) made of gold and silver

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Deliverance Through Reversal
7:8 As soon as the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face

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Deliverance Through Reversal (Con’t)
1 Peter 5:8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.